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Plane Crashes in Taiwan, Killing Dozens

Flight, Operated by TransAsia Airways, Was Heading From the Southern City of Kaohsiung to the Penghu Islands

A TransAsia Airway plane carrying 58 people on board crashes outside an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday while trying to make an emergency landing in stormy weather. WSJ's Aries Poon reports on Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero. Photo: AP

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Jenny Hsu

Updated July 23, 2014 3:57 p.m. ET

TAIPEI—A TransAsia Airways flight crashed on Wednesday while trying to make its second landing attempt in the Penghu islands off the coast of Taiwan, killing dozens of people.

The Penghu Fire Department said the death toll late Wednesday was at least 42 of the 58 people on board, and all bodies and remains had been sent to hospitals or a nearby morgue. The final death toll will be announced after the bodies have been properly...